Wichita eagle., 1887-07-30
Rawlins' Opinion Of Grant.

In the meantime Grant had been moved to
Cairo, and had sent for Rawlins to come and
join him. He made Rawlins, think his adj
jutant The adjutant is the clerical officer of
the regiment who keeps its rolls. He may be
called the military bookkeeper. I asked
Rawlins what impression Grant made on him
when he first went upon his staff. Said he,
II looked at Grant with great anxiety, be-
cause by joining his regiment and being at
tached to his person my career was somewhat
bound up in his own / knew very little
about him, and If he should turn out to be
failure would have made a mistake in nv
selection Of commander. The first thing
noticed about him was his methodical,
systematic way of opening his mail Letters
would come to him from all kinds Of officials,
state and national They would comprehend
quartermasters' papers, pay accounts, etc.
There would be basketful of these letters in
q single mail. Grant assorted them with the
ease Of clerk In q postofflce, and the busi-
ness of his regiment from the very outset was
done like an old regular army officer
This conversation with Rawlins 1 held in
the headquarters building at Washington. at
the corner of Seventeenth and G streets, OPP
posite the Winder building. During most Of
the conversation Col. Parker, the Seneca In
dian, was present, who had also been on
Grants staff Rawlns about that time had
become sickly looking man, with manifest
marks of consumption, a pale, leaIen hued
skin, man of stumbling figure and coarse,
Illinois hair.-"GathT in Cincinnati Enouirer
Few Know What They Drink.
att Is fact" said a somewhat famous
mixer of fancy drinks last evening, that there
are very few good judges OF liquor. It is q
very old chestnut TO set out whisky when
brandy is called for, and not one in ten can
tell the difference. have often been told by
a customer that he had never tasted finer
brandy when he was drinking a very ordi.
nary whisky. There are few people who can
distinguish between high and low priced
wines. l remember nearly splitting my sides
once laughing at q man who was ordering
champagne. He was drinking Werners
American extra dry, and told his friend how
be once drank it with n Werner in Paria
he thought it was the highest priced French
wine until he found out that il was costing
him only dollar bottle. Then he wilted
@Even manufactures are sold. Once at q
convention Of the beer brewers of the coun-
try heard brewer boast that he could
name any kind Of beer with his eyes blinded
We tried him, and when the handkerchief
was over his eyes We gave him nine sips out
Of the same glass and heard him name nine
different brands That was very good sport
As matter Of fact, this telling liquors by
the taste is very delicate business By mod
ern processes distillers can age liquors 50 as
to fool even the old timers The worst case
ever struck was a fisherman who rowed ne
down the river last summer. / offered him a
swig out OF bottle containing very fine
whisky. BE returned IL, saying it was poor
stuff. handed him bottle containing some
rot gut used to clean my gun He took .
long pull, and said it was As good liquor As %
ever tasted Buffalo Courier.
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